Sash-holder



UNrrfgEb STATES PATENT Ormea.

WILLIAM D. ISETT, OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SASH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,182, dated July 14, 1885.

, Anpiieaconieanprn10,1885. (Model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. Isnrr, of Altoona, Blair county, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Sash-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

' The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved device for lholding and locking sashes in such a manner that they can-v not be raised or lowered from the inside or outside, and which device can be manipulated very readily from the iioor of the room.

The invention consists in the combination, with a frame, of two friction-disks mounted independently and eccentrically on `a shaft, and of cords and pulleys for turning them.

The inventionalso consists in parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully set forth hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side view of my improved sashholder. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 aresectional views on the line Fig. 2, the eccentrics having different positions.

The device is held in a frame, A, formed of the base C, from which two end pieces, B, project upward and have their upper parts inclined. In the tops of the end pieces, B, ashaft,

D, is journaled, on a squared projecting end of which a grooved pulley, E, is mounted, which is held in place by a pin, F. A cord or band, G, is passed around the p ulleyEand secured to the saine ou a shaft, H, uniting the end pieces, B. Two disks, J, are mounted eccentrically, and are provided with rubber rims or other coverings, or they may remain uncovered.

On the shaft D a drum, K, is rigidly mounted Vbetween the side pieces, B, and over the said drum two endless driving cords or belts, L, are passed, which are also passed over grooved pulleys M. On the outer sides of the pulleys J a rod is fastened to the pulleys M -and the drum K. One cord or belt L is crossed and thus the pulleys J are revolved in inverse directions. Stop-pins O project diametrically opposite each other from the drum or roller K at one end, and are adapted to strike stoppins P on the inner surface of one side piece B, on the outer surface of the same. The base is secured on the top rail, P, of the lower sash, at one side of the sash, and 'in such a manner that the front edge of the base will be a short distance from the face of a side rail, Q, of the upper sash, the cord` G hanging down over the inside of the lowersash at the side rail. Vhen the sashes are to be raised or lowered andnot locked, the cord G is pulled to swing the eccentric disks J from the side rail, Q, as shown in Fig. 4:. When the sashes are to be locked, the cord G is pulled to swing the rims of the eccentric disks J in contact with the rail Q, as shown in Fig. 3. When i an attempt is made to raise the sash, one disk J is turned by being in contact with the side rails of the sash, and by means of the cords, drum, and pulleys the other disk J is turned in the inverse direction and forced against the side rail, thus offering considerable resistance. When the attempt is made to lower the sash, one disk is turned by being in contact with the side rail of the sash, and the other disk forced against the sash. When the sash is tt be raised, both disks J are swung from the side rail. The movements of the disks are checked by the pins O and P. The pulley E can easily be removed to prevent y persons breaking a pane below, and then pulling on the cord G to unlock the sash, or `from reach ing in from below or above and operating the cord G when the sashes are placed three or four inches (more or less) from the sill or top of the casing. If desired,one holder can be used at each side of the window. can beraised any desired distance, and then locked and held in place 4by swinging the eccentric disks in contact with one side rail.

The cord or band Gpassed around the pulley E, instead of being permanently attached to the same, may be fastened by means of a pin, which can be removed or replaced when desired, so as to permit of removing the cord to prevent tampering with the holder.

Having thus described my invention, I claim The sash Y as new and desire to secure by Letters Batent- IOO and cords for turning the disks in opposite directions, the said pulleys being connected with the disks, substantially as herein shown and deseribedf 2. In a sash-look, the Combination, with afrai'ne, of two disks mounted eeeentrioally and independently on a shaft, of aJ pulley formed on each disk, a drinn joui-nailed in the frame, and of a plain and ai crossed cord passed over the druni and the pulleys on the disks, substzintiailly as herein shown and described.

3. In a sash-look, the combination, with a frame, of the disks J, mounted independently and eeeentricallyon 2i shaft, the pulleys M on the disks, the drum K, the eords L, and a cord und pulley for turning the druni, the latter as herein shown and described.

VILLIAM D. ISETT. Vitnesses:

J. G. DAVIs, RoBT. JOHNSON. 

